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Gene J. Puskar / AP A legal settlement between the U.S. Department of Agriculture and two Pennsylvania women who are food stamp recipients will result in $712 million in additional food stamp benefits for more than 650,000 of the lowest-income Pennsylvania households. At the center of the lawsuit was extra assistance for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients included as part of The Families First Coronavirus Response Act, a bill passed by Congress in March 2020. However, the USDA, which administers the program, interpreted the law to mean the extra aid could only bring recipients up to the maximum benefit amount. That left those who were already receiving the maximum benefits – the lowest income families and individuals, representing about 40% of households in the program – with no additional aid during the pandemic. ....
PHILADELPHIA A Port Allegany man has filed a class-action lawsuit alleging Delaware County wrongfully withheld bail money he was due after he was found not guilty or charges were otherwise dismissed or withdrawn from a 2016 arrest. Tony Burford is alleging violations of the Fifth, Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution, as well as conversion and a Monell claim alleging an unconstitutional policy, according to an amended class action lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania last year. The suit, filed by attorneys Alan Denenberg and Stephen Thomas OâHanlon, names Delaware County, former Prothonotary Angela Martinez, Director of Court Financial Services Patricia Oreskovich and Director of Pre-Trial/Bail Services Philip Pisani as defendants. ....
PHILADELPHIA A Port Allegany man has filed a class-action lawsuit alleging Delaware County wrongfully withheld bail money he was due after he was found not guilty or charges were otherwise dismissed or withdrawn from a 2016 arrest. Tony Burford is alleging violations of the Fifth, Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution, as well as conversion and a Monell claim alleging an unconstitutional policy, according to an amended class action lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania last year. The suit, filed by attorneys Alan Denenberg and Stephen Thomas OâHanlon, names Delaware County, former Prothonotary Angela Martinez, Director of Court Financial Services Patricia Oreskovich and Director of Pre-Trial/Bail Services Philip Pisani as defendants. ....